Twitter Lite launches to attract users in emerging markets

The web app offers the main features of the main app - namely the timeline, sending tweets, direct messaging, trends, profiles and notifications.

You can access Twitter Lite simply by visiting mobile.twitter.com in your browser.

Twitter notes that "45% of mobile connections are still on lower 2G networks", so the company has taken the necessary steps to design a Twitter variant that weighs less and moves faste even on outdated devices.

There is also a data saver mode which allows a user to preview images and videos before choosing to fully download them, with the aim of reducing data usage.

These features are beneficial to users in countries where mobile data connections can be slow and inconsistent, and data allocations can be expensive.

There is speculation that Twitter is specifically targeting India for the new rollout of its platform.

Twitter Lite is made available globally, so after using it you would find that it's really user-friendly.

Twitter Lite is a JavaScript-based web app, while a Node.js server handles authentication and HTML rendering. The website minimizes data usage, is able to load quickly on slow network connections and will only take up less than 1MB on users' devices.

"We are thrilled to partner with Vodafone in India to provide live cricket updates via a specially curated Twitter timeline to their smartphone customers as the T20 cricket season kicks off", said Twitter's Arvinder Gujral in a blog post.

Unlike the Twitter app, the lite version doesn't require users to have an account with the App Store of Google Play.

For Android users, Twitter Lite can still deliver push notifications as well as offline support "so you will not be interrupted while using Twitter if you temporarily lose your connection", the company said. For example, new compression formats are being experimented with that could reduce data use even further.

Recommended

TV execs tried to cash in on his popularity with "The Don Rickles Show" in 1972 but it was short-lived. In 2008, he won an Emmy for best individual performance in a variety show for the Landis film " Mr.

Apps like Snapchat and Instagram have already popularized the idea of sprinkling emoji, stickers, and text over photos. The comic filter is cool, and it renders the effect on photos and videos as you're capturing them, not after the fact.

However, at this point the British funnyman wasn't convinced and rolled off a list of the biggest divas of all time. Next, it was Corden's turn and he opted for Tina Turner's classic, "River Deep, Mountain High".

For Rapinoe, it means that she can be paid above the NWSL minimum salary and receives her salary from U.S. They say they don't even have their own team apparel, but share it with Ireland's youth teams.

For the past two years Australian police have said they thwarted planned attacks on Anzac Day celebrations in Australia. The statement also advised travelers to "reconsider their need to travel" to Ankara and Istanbul.

Chelsea's "magic number" (any combination of points won by CFC or dropped by Spurs) to clinch title is now down to just 18. The Blues are seven points ahead of nearest rivals Tottenham after a 2-1 win over Manchester City on Wednesday.

The Tar Heels led by six with a minute left, and then Kentucky's Malik Monk nailed a three to bring the Wildcats within three. United Kingdom got its first lead of the game in the second half , with 17 minutes left 39-38 on a Bam Adebayo free throw.

Almost as shocking as the offensive struggles UNC had in the first half were the struggles of Gonzaga big man Przemek Karnowski . However, the refs missed during the scrum that Kennedy Meeks momentarily had his hand on the line while the ball was in his lap.

The attack has shaken the Netherlands, a socially progressive country that became the first to legalize same-sex marriage in 2001. Staff of the Dutch mission at the United Nations in NY also took part, with men holding hands at a protest against homophobia.

In an attack in March, dozens of people were killed in bomb explosions that targeted a wedding party in a village near Tikrit. Tikrit is the home region of Saddam Hussein, the former president toppled in the 2003 USA -led invasion of Iraq .

ISIS Executes 33 People in Northeast Syria
ISIS executed 33 people in eastern Syria Wednesday, marking the terror group's largest mass killing of the year. ISIS thugs slaughtered 33 people by slitting their throats before dumping their bodies in a mass grave.

New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Rays
Sanchez might have gone 0-for-5 but his first-inning groundout was a rocket, with an exit velocity of 115.7 miles per hour . He put an embarrassing start by Masahiro Tanaka on Opening Day behind the New York Yankees and got them in the win column.